Containment

Containment

2016
Containment
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Containment

7.1 | TV-14 | en | Drama

An epidemic breaks out in Atlanta leaving the large city quarantined and those stuck on the inside fighting for their lives. This is the story of loved ones torn apart, and how the society that grows inside the quarantine reveals both the devolution of humanity and the birth of unlikely heroes.

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Released: 2016-04-19 | Released Producted By: Warner Bros. Television , Eyeworks Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.cwtv.com/shows/containment/
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An epidemic breaks out in Atlanta leaving the large city quarantined and those stuck on the inside fighting for their lives. This is the story of loved ones torn apart, and how the society that grows inside the quarantine reveals both the devolution of humanity and the birth of unlikely heroes.

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Kristen Gutoskie , George Young , Christina Moses

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Siamois All hell breaks loose in Atlanta when a mysterious and deadly virus strikes. To contain the outbreak, a "cordon sanitaire" is established, which is a fancy term to say a portion of the city becomes a quarantine zone from which no one enters or leaves. This self-contained 13 episode mini-series tells the story of several of the people stuck inside the zone, as well as the main outside actors working the crisis. Certain steps are taken by the show runners to show the deadliness of the virus in its gory details but despite the gravity of the situation, this is at all time handled like a poorly written "young adult series".I won't lie, this is absolutely terrible. It had to be for me to resume writing reviews on imdb, something I used to do frequently ages ago. But the situations, the direction, dialogues and the horrible acting reach the funny side of "bad".Let's get out the most important piece of entertainment. David Gyasi plays "Lex", a straight arrow cop who has to maintain the integrity of the cordon from the outside, while being worried about his girlfriend who is stuck inside the zone. But Gyasi seems to be acting as if Dave Chappelle was doing a Denzel Washington impersonation. You read that right. He's doing an impression of a guy doing an impression of another guy. Lex is a central character as far as demonstrating the need to remain tough and not allow those in need of assistance inside the zone to go out. He is supposed to be a complex, tortured character but Gyasi atrocious acting skills and his curious interpretation choice become the central comical aspect of the TV series. At times, he's literally trying to be Denzel and fails miserably. You'd swear it's a comedy. In this drama, everybody has white teeth, most actors are nice looking and recite dumbly their lines. There is a romance striking inside between a rebellious cop and a "single mom" played by Kristen Gotoskie. Problem is, her son is about 11 years old and she's obviously way too young for the part. At one point, her character recites says to her romantic interest "Yeah, I had him extremely young" but you know it's the show producers winking at the audience "We know the actress is too young for the role but she's hot, right?". At various points, people in the show suffer tragedies that don't seem to register for them as much as they should. People sometimes act carelessly around the virus. Some people suit up for protection, than speak to unprotected people 6 inches away from them. People wear gloves and then throw stuff at others who have bare hands. The cordon zone is constantly compromised. People inside and to get way too close to each other. People buy food from each other. One of the protagonist accepts a water bottle from a complete stranger he just crossed. That guy has one of the best lines later, when his wife just learns of her daughter's death "Oh, my dear... is there something we can do for you?"I'm pretty sure the poor actress, having to respond to such a stupid line, must have thought: "Yeah, you could find me a better acting gig".
Chelsea G. As a longtime fan of The Vampire Diaries, I decided to give Julie Plec's new show, Containment, a chance. Sadly, this show is not nearly as well plotted as TVD.Containment, above all else, fails to be interesting. For a show about a disease outbreak compared to The Walking Dead, man is it boring. The characters were majorly underdeveloped. The plot is a mess.I guess I can't say it didn't make me care, as when one of the main characters, Katie, died unexpectedly, I cried...like quite a bit. I can safely say that I was not expecting this show, which I wasn't even invested in, to make me cry.Sadly, the show was not renewed, so it is left unresolved. I would have liked to see where it could have gone. The first season is watchable, but certainly not something I would put at the top of my list.
gamgra Stumbled upon Containment browsing Netflix for something to do on a rainy Saturday night, and never expected something so captivating and moving such as Containment. The plot was believable, acting was great, and writing and production was excellent. I was choked up a few times throughout the series, and what made it more compelling was how I arrived at the show feeling prepared to be amused for a short time, perhaps an episode or two, and move on like the rest. It didn't turn out that way; I was glued to the television, which I rarely am, and I pretty much watched the entirety within a few days. There were highs and lows, sadness and happiness, but throughout was excitement. I was saddened to hear the series would not be renewed, as this story could definitely go on, perhaps with the virus spreading outside the cordon. There are a few loose ends to be tied up as well, and they definitely left it open to be continued. Haven't really heard of CW since now, whom I highly recommend giving this series a second look. Enjoy!
draciron This is I am betting what happens when you take a good story and let network hacks get their hands on it. The concept of a lethal virus causing a quarantine would be really interesting. Of course loe and behold there's a government conspiracy, who'd expected that? Not even a trace of suspense so it's not a spoiler. They might as well have tattooed it on their foreheads. They should have named it Soap Opera with walls. The dram is hokey and seems forced. The casting is mostly sub par. The characters shallow at best and so predictable that you could write their entire story from the first 3 minutes of seeing them on screen. It is like the writers didn't even bother to rewrite other series and movies but plucked story lines word for word only changing the names. I love disaster movies and series along this vein. I even find entertainment in the many B flick incarnations, some of them are quite good actually despite a very low budget. This one falls flat in every possible respect and I finally gave up 4 or 5 episodes in, maybe it was 6. Not sure I couldn't really watch it after 3. I just kept episodes running hoping that it'd find it's way and it never did. No action to speak of and what does happen is so hokey that you might see it on a kid's show. No suspense because the writing is so clumsy and cliché that it's utterly predictable. Drama isn't my thing but it's so overdone and sickly sweet that even the drama fans hate it. The way people act defies explanation, and even when they finally get in character it's pretty cheesy. The show is so over the top PC that even PC fans probably lose their lunch watching it. Somebody wasted some really good camera work and a couple of the actors/actresses are pretty good or it'd be a 1 star effort.